Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Vancouver 2010 Venues- GM Place

This is the second in a series of post on the venues of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics games. The first post cover the Pacific Coliseum which will be hosting the Figure Skating and Short track speed skating. The arena for the games will be General Motors Place or commonly known as GM Place, currently the home of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks and many music performances. This is a new modern building in the heart of Vancouver. It will provide lots of capacity to for the large crowds that are expected for the event it will be holding which is Ice Hockey (Men's and Women's). Tickets to the ice hockey event will be some of the most sot after, as it is Canada's game. One of the most interesting things about hosting the event at GM Place is that fact that the ice surface is not the standard international size, it is the North American size which is 13 feet narrower and 4 feet shorter, now this does not seem like a big difference however, it is and should play into the favor of both the Canadian and American Olympic hockey teams who play a physical game compared to the European teams.

  • Capacity- 18,630
  • Distance from Olympic Village- 2 km

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